Where families can grow

Where care is available

Thanks to Our Healthcare Partners

Where you can make a difference

We help people in crisis rewrite theirs.

Crisis can easily deplete savings and push vulnerable families and individuals further into poverty. Whether someone is facing unemployment or homelessness, struggling in school, or has lost their health insurance, we are here to help. Our Center serves as a resource hub for Davidson, Huntersville and Cornelius.

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In the 1930's, fire destroyed a small wooden schoolhouse in the Mock Circle area of Davidson. Despite the Great Depression and limited funding from the Mecklenburg County Board of Education, local schoolteacher Ada Jenkins rallied the community to raise enough funding to build the Davidson Colored School. It was renamed the Ada Jenkins School after Ms. Jenkins’ death in 1955.

1929

Great Depression hits Mecklenburg County

1936-37

Teacher Ada Jenkins and community raise funds for the new Davidson Colored School

1955

School posthumously renamed Ada Jenkins School

1966

School closed after integration

1970s

Opening of community Center and co-op

1998

Building renovated and established as Ada Jenkins Center

2007

Great Recession brings huge spike in demand for services

2008

New food pantry opens

2010-2016

Center finds funding for building renovation

2016 -?

Exciting news coming soon!

Testimonials

What Our Client-Partners Are Saying About Us

"I am a 55 year old, single Mother of three teenagers. For the first time in my life, I found myself unemployed in July. I saw people from all walks of life applying for help. It could have been a very demeaning and embarrassing experience, but the total opposite happened. "

IMPORTANT: If you need assistance from The Center, please come in and fill out an application. The social worker cannot respond to requests or provide assistance without an application being first filled out.